Dipl.-Min. Dr. Toni Schulz

toni.schulz@univie.ac.at

Room Number: 2A449
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53458
Fax: +43-1-4277-9543

Research interests:

• Chronology of the early solar system using short- and long-lived isotope systems
• Cosmic irradiation effects in meteorites
• Identification of nucleosynthetic anomalies in meteorites and planetary materials to constrain the dynamics of the early solar nebula
• Hf-Nd isotope constraints on the early Earth's mantle-crust evolution
• Applications of Sr-Nd-Hf and Os isotope systems to geo- and Cosmochemistry
• Impact research

Current projects:

Installation of the Os isotope laboratory at the Department of Lithospheric Research

Scientific career and Education:

2005: Diploma in Mineralogy (German equivalent to MSc.), University Cologne (Germany)

Title: "Herkunftsanalytische Bestimmung von Wüstenmeteoriten"

2008: Dr. rer. nat. (German equivalent to Ph.D.), University of Cologne, Germany (magna cum laude)

Title: "Differentiation of asteroids in the early solar system from Hf-W systematics"

Positions held:

2005-2006: Research assistant, University of Cologne, Germany
2006-2008: Research assistant, University of Bonn, Germany
2008-2011: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Bonn, Germany
Since 2011: University assistant, University of Vienna, Austria

Grants and Honors:

2007: Travel Grant of the Barringer Crater Company (MetSoc Tucson)

2009: Paul Ramdohr award of the German Mineralogical Society

Professional Memberships:

German Mineralogical Society

Meteoritical Society

Teaching:

Introduction to Geochemistry

Introduction to Cosmochemistry

Principle and Co-Supervisor of Bachelor and Master Theses:

Julia Weinauer (University Bonn): "Geochemie und Hf-W Systematik von Aubriten"

Pia Friend (University of Cologne): "Northwest Africa 5492: An extremely reduced chondritic meteorite with low volatile element contents"

Katja Krahner (University of Bonn): "Hf-W Isotopenuntersuchungen an kohligen Chondriten"

Maike Becker (University of Bonn): "Component specific Hf-W dating of CV chondrites"

Peer reviewed articles:

1. Sokol A.K., Fernandes V.A., Schulz T., Bischoff A., Burgess R., Clayton R.N., Münker C., Nishiizumi K., Palme H., Schultz L., Weckwerth G., Mezger K., Horstmann M., Geochemistry, petrology and ages of the lunar meteorites Kalahari 008 and 009: New constraints on early lunar evolution, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72 (2008) 4845-4873

2. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., Hf-W chronometry of the IAB iron meteorite parent body, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 280 (2009) 185-193 

3. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., Hf-W chronometry of primitive achondrites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2010) 1706-1718

4. Hoffmann, J.E., Münker, C.,Polat A., Rosing, M.T., Schulz, T., The origin of decoupled Hf-Nd isotope compositions in Eoarchean rocks from southern West Greenland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75 (2011) 6610-6628

5. Schulz T., Upadhyay D., Münker C., Mezger K., Formation and Exposure-history of non-magmatic iron meteorites and winonaites: Clues from Sm and W isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 85 (2012) 200-212

6. Schulz, T., Münker, C., Peters, S.T.M., p-Process ¹⁸⁰W anomalies in iron meteorites: nucleosynthetic versus non-nucleosynthetic origins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 362 (2013) 246-257

7. Pittarello, L., Schulz, T., Koeberl, C., Hoffmann, J.E., Münker, C., Petrography, geochemistry and Hf-Nd isotope evolution of drill core and target rocks from the El’gygytgyn impact crater, NE Chukotka, Arctic Russia. Meteoritics and Planetary Science (in press)

8. Foriel J., Moynier, F., Schulz, T., Koeberl, C., Chromium isotope anomaly in an El`gygytgyn crater impactite: Evidence of a ureilite projectile. Meteoritics and Planetary Science (in press)

9. Losiak A., Schulz T., Buchwaldt R., Koeberl C., Characteristics of granitic intrusions from the vicinity of the Bosumtwi impact crater, Lithos (major revisions)

10. Peters T.M.P., Münker C., Becker H., Schulz T., Alpha decay of ¹⁸⁴Os revealed by ¹⁸⁰W heterogeneities in meteorites and terrestrial rocks (submitted)

11. Schulz T., Chronology of asteroidal metal segregation (submitted)

Conference abstracts:

1. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., Age and origin of IAB Iron meteorites and their silicate inclusions inferred from Hf-W chronometry, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Houston XXXVII (2006), abstract no. 1401

2. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., Large W-182 excesses in silicate inclusions of IAB iron meteorites, Meteoritics and Planetary Science Conference Zürich (2006) Vol. 41, p. 5293

3. Münker C., Schulz T., Mezger K., High field strength element systematics in iron meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70 (2006) A437 – Goldschmidt Conference Melbourne

4. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., The tungsten isotope composition of winonaites – evidence for late stage equilibration on the Winonait parent body, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Houston XXXVIII (2007a), abstract no. 1760

5. Schulz T., Sokol A.K., Palme H., Weckwerth G., Münker C., Bischoff A., Chemical composition and Lu-Hf age of the lunar mare basalt meteorite Kalahari 009, Meteoritics and Planetary Science Conference Tucson (2007b) Vol. 42, p. 5151

6. Schulz T., Upadhyay D., Mezger K., Münker C., Palme H., Neutron-capture induced Sm-150 anomalies in IAB iron meteorites and Winonaites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 (2007c) A908 – Goldschmidt Conference Cologne

7. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., Thermal evolution of primitive  achondrite parent bodies, Meteoritics and Planetary Science Conference Matsue (2008) Vol. 43, p. 5111

8. Schulz T., Upadhyay D., Mezger K., Münker C., Palme H., Sm-150 anomalies in IAB iron meteorites and Winonaites, Paneth Kolloquium Nördlingen

9. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., Thermal evolution of primitive achondrite parent bodies (2008), Eur. J. Mineral. – DMG Tagung Berlin

10. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., Hf-W systematics of the IAB/IIICD/Winonaite parent body (2009), Gordon Research Conference, South Hadley

11. Schulz T., Münker C., Palme H., Mezger K., Formation and evolution of the solar system and its planets (2009), Eur. J. Mineral. – DMG Tagung Halle an der Saale

12. Schulz T., Upadhyay D., Cosmic-ray exposure induced Sm-isotope anomalies in metal shielded and –unshielded silicates, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Houston XXXXI (2010), abstract no. 3870

13. Schulz T., Münker C., An inhomogeneous early solar system inferred from p-Process nuclei, Meteoritics and Planetary Science Conference New York (2010) in press

14. Weinauer J., Schulz T., Münker C., 182Hf-182W age of the Aubrite Mount Egerton, Paneth Kolloquium Noerdlingen (2010)

15. Schulz T., Münker C, Timescales of early solar system homogenisation from ¹⁸⁰W distributions in iron meteorites, Paneth Kolloquium Noerdlingen (2010)

16. Münker C., König S., Schulz T., Indistinguishable Hf/W in the Silicate Earth and the Silicate Moon (2011) - Goldschmidt Conference Prague

17. Schulz T., Münker C., Timing of Early Solar System Homogenization from P-Process 180W Heterogeneities (2011) – Goldschmidt Conference Prague

18. Friend P., Zipfel J., Gellissen M., Kleinschrodt R., Münker C., Pack A., Schulz T., Stracke A., Palme H., Northwest Africa 5492: An extremely reduced chondritic meteorite with low volatile element contents, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Houston (2011) #1095

19. Losiak A., Schulz T., Koeberl C., Zircon U-Pb and Hf-Nd isotopic constraints on the genesis of granites from the vicinity of Bosumtwi crater (2012) – EGU Conference Vienna

20. Schulz T., Münker C., Peters S., The case of p-Process 180W heterogeneities in Iron Meteorites (2012) – Goldschmidt Conference Montreal

21. Koeberl, C., Foriel, J., Moynier, F., Schulz, T., Search for a meteoritic component in impactites from the El`gygytgyn impact structure, Russia: a ureilitic projectile? Meteoritics and Planetary Science Conference Cairns (2012) abstract no. 5295

22. Münker C., Schulz, T., Ballhaus C., Improving the understanding of Hf-W and U-Pb systematics in the Earth-Moon system. EMC Tagung Frankfurt (2012) abstract 677-1

23. Schulz T., Münker C., Improved timescales for metal segregation in iron meteorite parent bodies: Combining W isotopes and cosmic-ray exposure ages. Paneth Kolloquium Noerdlingen (2012) abstract 0140

24. Peters, S.T.M., Münker, C., Schulz, T., Distribution of heavy p-process isotopes in extraterrestrial materials. Paneth Kolloquium Noerdlingen (2012) abstract 0186

25. Becker, M., Krahner, K., Hezel, D.C., Schulz, T., Münker, C., Component specific Hf-W dating of CV chondrites. Paneth Kolloquium Noerdlingen (2012) abstract 0193

26. Peters S.T.M., Münker C., Becker H., Schulz T., Tungsten-180 anomalies in iron meteorites reflect alpha decay of Osmium-184. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Houston (2013) #2073

27. Münker C., Fonseca R., Schulz T., An extraterrestrial cause for the Silicate Earth`s Nb paradox? Goldschmidt Conference Florence (2013)

28. Meisel T., Burnham, O.M., Kriete C., Bokhari S.N.H., Schulz T., Osmium isotope and PGE reference materials OKUM and MUH-1. Goldschmidt Conference Florence (2013)

29. Peters S.T.M., Münker C., Becker H., Schulz T, ¹⁸⁴Os-¹⁸⁰W decay: a new chronometer in geocosmochemistry. Goldschmidt Conference Florence (2013)

30. Ferriere L., Brandstaetter F., Topa D., Schulz T., Baziotis I.P., Münker C., Koeberl C., The complex history of Tissint inferred from different types of melt inclusions and isotopic systems. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Conference (Edmonton)